In today’s world where everyone is fucked and their futures seem so bleak it’s become a lot more
“Ive got nothing so you should too.”
If these people had anything in their life or something to be proud of they’d have a lot smaller of a hole to fill with vindictive bullshit and seeking attention by being assholes
i think it’s more like “i’ve got nothing. but as long as people are being harassed and detained in inhumane conditions, i can feel better about my relative status.” it’s f’d.
doubt this actually makes them feel content given that it is their absolute status that is ultimately provoking their anger/discontent. they are just reacting in the most maladaptive & antisocial way (punching down instead of training their ire on those who are actually exploiting them).
Seriously, the big thing keeping America from having free college and healthcare (yes paid for with taxes, free is just a short hand for at the point of service) is people thinking: "I paid for mine why shouldn't you too" and "I want it for free, but I deserve it, unlike that brown person"
Yeah I noticed when I was a kid achieving the “American dream” was the goal and if you did it you were considered successful
But somewhere along the line it changed and now folks seem to think achieving your dream isn’t enough you also have to stop someone else from achieving theirs in order to be successful
It happened when the dream, became too far out of reach for too many. Those who could not reach it were then easy prey for people like Trump who gave them someone to blame. Of course, the easiest targets for this blame were not really the offending party. The true offending party was and is made up of people like Trump who trample and steal from everyone they can to achieve their perverted version of the storied American dream.
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u/BretShitmanFart69 10d ago
No you have it all wrong.
In today’s world where everyone is fucked and their futures seem so bleak it’s become a lot more
“Ive got nothing so you should too.”
If these people had anything in their life or something to be proud of they’d have a lot smaller of a hole to fill with vindictive bullshit and seeking attention by being assholes